CT-Guided Percutaneous Microwave Ablation of Sclerosing Hepatic Carcinoma

Table 1

The average scope of the MWA probe in a freshly excised porcine liver using varying power and time at 37°C. The diameter of the MWA probe is 2 mm.

Power/time	Transverse diameter (mm)	Vertical diameter (mm)	Carbonized width (mm)	Carbonized length (mm)
30 W/3 min	23.8 ± 1.4	34.8 ± 1.7	5.5 ± 0.8	19.0 ± 1.8
30 W/5 min	25.1 ± 1.2	39.0 ± 1.8	6.9 ± 0.6	20.8 ± 2.4
30 W/8 min	26.0 ± 0.9	46.3 ± 2.1	7.1 ± 0.7	24.5 ± 3.3
40 W/3 min	25.5 ± 1.5	36.8 ± 1.3	6.3 ± 0.8	19.6 ± 1.5
40 W/5 min	26.2 ± 1.2	45.0 ± 2.6	7.5 ± 1.3	22.8 ± 2.8
40 W/8 min	37.9 ± 2.1	53.8 ± 2.7	8.1 ± 0.9	26.5 ± 3.6
50 W/3 min	33.8 ± 2.4	39.1 ± 1.5	6.5 ± 0.6	21.0 ± 2.3
50 W/5 min	35.1 ± 1.9	49.2 ± 2.9	7.7 ± 0.7	27.8 ± 3.1
50 W/8 min	46.0 ± 3.5	59.8 ± 3.8	9.2 ± 1.2	31.5 ± 3.5